Korea reports 3 more cases, healthy birth after MERS

Call for US preparedness

In other news, experts from three health groups yesterday called for the United States to take more steps to better prepare the nation for MERS-CoV and other emerging infectious diseases.

The groups—Trust for America's Health (TFAH), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Center for Health Security—detailed their concerns and recommendations yesterday in a 4-page brief.